Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Title
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
Volume
89
Publisher
Elsevier
School
School of Science / Centre for People, Place and Planet
RAS ID
35622
Abstract
Follow-up is a vital component of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), being essential for understanding assessment outcomes. Long-standing international best practice principles for EIA follow-up are reviewed, and revisions proposed, based on workshops with academics and practitioners, literature review and self-reflection. The proposed revision of EIA follow-up principles will feature an introduction with a simple definition and explanation of objectives for follow-up, and 15 principles. The revised principles address: objective; context; early establishment; project life-cycle; transparency; accessibility; accountability; performance criteria provision; enforcement; learning; adaptive environmental management; flexible or adaptive approach; tiering; cumulative effects and overall performance evaluation. Through publishing this proposal, it is hoped to simultaneously inform or inspire EIA practitioners to enhance their own follow-up knowledge and practices, and to seek input for further refinements that might lead to a revised set of international best practice principles for EIA follow-up.
DOI
10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106596
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Comments
This is an author's accepted manuscript of:Morrison-Saunders, A., Arts, J., Bond, A., Pope, J., & Retief, F. (2021). Reflecting on, and revising, international best practice principles for EIA follow-up. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 89, article 106596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2021.106596